Author: Addison, Joseph.
Title: THE WORKS of the Late Right Honourable ... With a Complete Index.
Description: Birmingham: Printed by John Baskerville, for J. and R. Tonson at the Shakespear’s Head in the Strand, 1761. 1st Baskerville Ed. 4 vols. 4to. Engraved portrait frontispiece by Miller after Kneller, 3 engraved plates by Grignion after Hayman, 13 woodcut plates of coins. [Without the leaf of directions to the binder as usual], ex.-libris Henry J. Randall, ex.-libris John Charrington Shenley, armorial bookplate, sporadic light browning, marbled e.ps., hinges taped, contemporary calf boards, gilt rule with acid etched design to edges of boards, some wear to boards, some loss to corners, modern reback in modern morocco with gilt motifs and gilt lettered title labels. ¶ ESTC T89166. First Baskerville Edition. One of the most ambitious productions of the Press. The book is certainly the most beautiful edition of Addison ever published. Dibdin calls it 'a glorious performance.' Straus/Dent John Baskerville (1907) p. 35; Gaskell 17. (4)

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